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In this 2015 photo, students walk outdoors near banners on the Hartford campus. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

High-Tech Company Seeks to Buy Former UConn West Hartford Campus

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has announced that Seven Stars Cloud Group Inc. plans to establish its global headquarters for technology and innovation at the former UConn campus.

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UConn Trustees Adopt FY 2019 Budgets

The budgets include millions of dollars in spending cuts across campuses, while seeking to uphold the University’s overriding goal to protect and build UConn’s academic strength.

A student stands outside the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Inks Agreement with Wadsworth Atheneum

Under the agreement, the Wadsworth Atheneum will provide work space for UConn Hartford students, a seminar room, and faculty offices for use by the three-year graduate program in Arts Administration.

Students use computers at the UConn Hartford Library inside the Hartford Public Library on June 19, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

In Hartford, a Library Within a Library

A reception on Friday, July 20, at 5:30 p.m., in the atrium of the Hartford Public Library will commemorate the one-year anniversary of the partnership.

An aerial view of UConn's Storrs campus. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

Noted Attorney and UConn Alum Appointed to Board of Trustees

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has appointed Kevin J. O’Connor, former U.S. Attorney for Connecticut and former U.S. Associate Attorney General, as a UConn trustee.

UConn Foundation president Josh Newton. (G.J. McCarthy for UConn Foundation)

UConn Foundation President Joshua Newton to Step Down Midsummer

The Foundation raised nearly $400 million during Newton's five-year tenure, reshaped alumni programs, and grew the endowment by 30 percent.

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UConn Faces Challenges in Setting FY19 Budgets

Reflecting reductions in state financial support and rising fringe benefit costs, UConn’s proposed FY19 budget was released today, prior to a Board of Trustees vote on June 27.

The Engineering and Science Building will open in the fall, with researchers moving beginning in July. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Celebrates Opening of Innovative New Engineering & Science Building

The new building addresses a pressing need for space within the School of Engineering, where enrollment has doubled over the past decade.

The Stamford Campus. (Ryan Glista/UConn Photo)

Success of Stamford Student Housing Prompts UConn to Offer More

In response to student demand, the University is adding about 120 more beds in apartment buildings close to the Stamford Campus, starting this fall.

Merlon Pinnock '15 MBA, center, and Oneil McCaulsky, both of Poughkeepsie New York with Jonathan the Husky at a New York Mets baseball game at Citi Field in Queens New York on June 3, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Nation in Force at Citi Field

More than 500 alumni attended the Mets game Sunday in Queens, New York, which began with Dan Hurley, head coach of UConn Men's Basketball, throwing the ceremonial first pitch to an alum.